Griffin and Alford both confirmed they were interviewed Friday at the Airport Marriott in Atlanta.

"It was a two-hour interview," Alford said. "It was a nice, congenial group and we talked about a number of subjects. I don't really know how it went, though. ... I knew some of the members of the committee already."

Griffin said he was nominated by some of his colleagues with the Sun Belt Conference.

"I was flattered by that," said Griffin, who was the athletic director at Jacksonville for five years before accepting the South Florida job in 1986.

Womack would neither confirm nor deny that he was interviewed this past weekend in Atlanta, but said he has talked to the committee.

"I've had discussion with the people involved," said Womack, the SEC's acting commissioner since Harvey Schiller resigned in October. "We've discussed what they have to offer. I'm not sure if they're interested. ... There's interest from the discussion standpoint."

Roy Kramer has been named the SEC commissioner and when he takes over at an undetermined date, Womack will become his associate.

Pewitt could not be reached for comment, but his wife said he was interviewed in Atlanta this past weekend.

Olsen, athletic director at Louisville since 1980, did not return a message left at his office Monday afternoon.

A sixth possible candidate, Big West Conference Commissioner Jim Haney, said he was not interviewed in Atlanta. "I've had conversations with them, but I have not been interviewed," he said.

Old Dominion University Athletic Director Jim Jarrett is the school's representative on the search committee. He declined to comment on prospective candidates on Monday.

The committee is made up of one representative from each of the league's eight schools.

Western Kentucky President Thomas Meredith, the search committee's chairman, said interviews were conducted this past weekend. He wouldn't say who was interviewed or how many candidates the committee is considering.

"This was our first group," Meredith said. "Whether we interview more remains to be seen."

Meredith said the committee hopes to name Bubas' replacement during the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, which runs from March 3-5 in Birmingham, Ala. "There's a lot of things involved" before choosing a successor, Meredith said.